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In!! H. CARROLL, 0F ATLANTA, GEURQIA.

VEND! NG-XACH INE.

,Application lied August 4 To all we ltom it may cmu-ern: lle it knownthat l. .lions ll. tautmm..

citizen of the l'nited Staten residing at .\t-

ltttlltt. ill tlie'tonitty of Fulton and Stute of ('ieorgia. haveinvented eertaiu new uml u.-e

which the following.r is a sfacilieution.

My invention relateto vending machines. and more particularlv tomachines of thisl type adapted for selling bottles. or other: roundarticles.

The inventior will be found especially usel ful in dispensing bottledtwvex'nges, but ia not limited to auch use. as it may he eml ployedreadily for handling;r other of merchandise.

In some of its a-'peets my invention relates to coin controlled vendingmachines for delivering any class of articles whatever.

Another object of the invention is to provide an operating.r handle'having automatic means toreturn it to normal position. and having suchconnection with the delivery mechanism 'that it may he nuinipulated atwill. indelwudent of Huid mcwhaulani.

A farther ohjcet i.-: to provide an improved rack or fraaie for holding:the hotties or' other articles and feeding them to the deliverymechanism.

'tth the above and other ohjeetain view, and to improve generally uponthe details of such machines. my invention consists in the constructionand arrangement of parts f hereinafter demrrihed. and illustrated inthel accompanying drawiug.fs. in which Figure 1 ia 'side elevation of thecomplete machine. the side plate being removed to show the mechanism.Fitz. 2 is a similar view,of the front portion of the machine, the partsbeing shown `in a ditferent position. F ig. 3 is a. front elevation of-the machine, f parts being broken away for elearness. Fig'` l is adetailed elevation on un enlarged scale. of the delivery mechaniml. omeparts being in section, and others broken away and Fig. 5 is a simlarview showing the reverse lSide of L this mechanism.

Referring to the drawings' in detail. the easing of the machine isindicated by 1..; This u ay be of any suitable. or ornamental l desi n,und may ho fornied of sheet metal or g l l l t classeV l tivi ke. Y

csignates thc base on which the mechanism is mounted: and 3, thesupporting .it the top of the machine is i Ipeeilcation einen Iateat.

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a pivoted door 4. for the iu-crtiou of the hotties or other articles.

My improved rack or frame lfor the hottles comprises plates tiri'.having their opposite eu'ds alternately curved around one anotheigaashown at S.tl,aud spaced apart to form a way down which the bottle` willroii hy gravitv. the rack provide a curved delivery or feed ltutelformedof the platea 10, 11 as shown in 1:2' dcwiguutes the articles to beSold. which I will hereinafter refer to as bottles Beneath the lower endof the feed or delivery chute I arrange the delivery drum 13, having. atdiametrically opposite points, a pair of longitudinally extendinpllwckets 14 adapted to receive the hotties. one at a time. ThiI drum ismounted for rotation on a shaft 15,'jourlialed in frame-work which Ishall designate in its entirety hv the numeral lt. lnunedi'ately belowthe delivery drum is urranged the receiver 1i', having the open frontend 1S. a# shown.

Secured to the endmf a #haft 10. alao jourinded in the .supportingframework 16, i the operating crank 2i), having.' a handle .t eoilspring 2i is wound around and secured at one end to a drum 23. securedto the shalt. It). und is fastened at its other end to a pin :24. setinto the frame 16. Also mounted rigidly ou thin` shaft is a pinion orgear wheel 25. This pinion meshes with a similar pinion 26. secured to asleeve 2T, mounted loosely on vthe shaft 15. This gear wheel 26 is alsorigidly secured to a Cam disk 28, having a iroyectlng cam Q9, the purptmof which will be hereinafter described.

YHet into the cam disk '.8 is a sto i 30. which acta' against abutments81. carried hy the fr'atnt i6.`to limit the movement of the disk ineither direction. At a point diametric- .-\t the lower. forward end ofally oppodte thecam :'29, the dial: 28 is pro- Said eam'29 normallyrests against u pin 33, rurried li) n lock 34. pivoted at 3f to a springpawl 44. leal' Springr Ilt normally times mid l-'k toward said rum.Un.the other .side o the ram disk 2S is pivotally mounted a peiwl 2li,pressed hy mcauof'a fsprinpr 38 into engagement with n uoteh m a ratvhetwheel 89. This ratchet is loosely mounted on the ahat't 15, und isrigidly sethe mmc slaves the cam disk 28, and located very near-thereto.

hung that the head 52 falls by chute 57, an

ofthe eamdiakresultsinfree' lock l to sns 'into one of 'the notchqof insdigli l oamdisk, as clearly 'the im -of the iking d notbd that thehandle,

mi n i iiing aux 4o, of meeneem This 'mechanism described constitutes apawl and ratchet con: ncction between the cam disk 28 and locking disk40, which locking diak is ragidly connected with the delivery drum 1 bybeing keyed to the shaft 15. IAtrdiemetrically op: posite points, thclocking disk 40 is provided with notches 4l. 42, the notch'42 beinormnlly cti-incident with the notch 82 in the shown in Figs. 4 and 5.Riveted' or otherwise :gidly secured to 40 is a ratchet wheel 43, virithwhich the end (Lf) a listedl ri paw 44 c rates, so'as proven trrrlitzivcmeiit of milde locking diskand drum iii one direction.' Pins45, 48, are set into this ratchet wheel, a'nd adapted to ebut againstthe beveled end 47, of a slide 'bar 48, having a slot 40, working over apin El), as clearly shown in 4 and the purpose of which in be explainedbelow. A; ,the op. poeite side' of the locking disk from theI lock 34 isa coin-controlled latch 51., havinf a heed 52, adapted to normallyengage he coincident notches 32, 42, in the um an locking disks and-thus hold the parts against notation. The latch 5l is pivotfd to theframe at 53, and although pre'ierably so gravity, may bs 1provided witha light spring 54, to hold it in its locking position. The rear ond ofthe latch 51 is extended and bifiircated ca at 55. Just above thebifurcated end of the latch is di the nearl vertical cointhe width o thebfurcated on of said latch 1s slightly leo: than t of the coin-chute andthan the dinmeter coin to be u Between the legs of the fork 55 extends abar 50, connecting the chute 67 with the nar end of the slide ber 48.The chute is pivoted at 59 to the bottom of a ho per 60, and is providedwith e spring for returning it to 'tion after being shifted ineens ofthe ar 48. It will be that the ement of the 84 from the' restrainingaction of ca 29, and vpermits it to assume an aperture position, readythe lockaa'soon as the drumlhas been mf. proper distance. I will alsobe' whenweleesed, will be tutomaticslly returned to normal positionhieans'of theslprin *22, and` in so doing, e cam disk wil beurned in adirection pppoite to its rst movement, and, since rum and lot-.ki'-dislr are held stat ated the tionary, thepawl 87 will." ride back overthe ratchet wh 89. If the handle should be {nomi-el, the drum wiilremain 'carelessly released before reaching its extrema position, itwill be thrown' boch toi turned. S

inea, however, neither the lock 84 not'- la the disks in this againmoved, of the drum to article deposition completed.

It m thus be seen thet I have provided e very simple and ecict'ntcoin-controlled vending mechaniln, andv it in thou t the numerous edvanofi-*my invention will he readily appreciated bythoee Askilled in thenrt.

What I claim issl. In e vending machine,

. a rotary delivery havi dimm ets for receiving the artic to be sol agear wheel havina pewl an ratchet connection with -seid ruin, a ,secondgear wheel meshing with therst, a crank connected-with seid mcond gearwheel Gil means permitting the/increment of seid crank only.throug'hndistnnce suiicientto drive the drum a spmooof one pocket, and 'aspr-ing for automatically returning said crank to normal position, whenreleased.

2. In u wendin machine, a delivery drum, n shaft on whici it is mounted,a 'lock' disk Secured to said sha a cam di loosely mounted on seid shoadjacent the lookindisk, e gear wheel secured to seid cum isk,asecondgoo. heel meshing; there'- with, s. crank connect with said neeond igear wheel, 'end a spring for retaining nid crank` and edm dial.: todisplaced therefrom.

8. In a vending machine, a rotary denorinal position when liverymounted, a lookin disk ascq. red to lid drum and provid with n a'pivotldlock adapted to engage said a in disk loosely mounted on said shaft'adant said loclrnA dial; und serving to engage and release sai loci.:at timce, moans for lsmid lookin disk and dimm in one direction andmoons, or preventing ""eir movement ha the omer direction.

drum, s shaft on which said drum is "xd,

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4. In a vending machine. deliverydrum,

n locking disk securednto scid drum, n com disk mounted adjacent seidlocking disk n nd cs nhlo of independent movemanna .lock n opted toengage said locking disk nt timos, nndvnt other times be held out fofmich engagement by seid .cam disk, means for clutvhin r-:sid diskstogether during movement. .or the cam dink` and incesti: for retnrninsaid mm diek to normal position. while t e locking disk and drum remainin their shifted positiony In testimony whereof I allix my signature,infprncnco' of two uitiiesfws. i

JAMES H, CARROLL. Witnesses:

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